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Tracklisting & More Information
With the great demand for the LP version of our internationally successful Furtwängler 12-CD boxed set, audite now presents a selection of recordings in LP format for audiophile vinyl enthusiasts. Containing compositions by Beethoven, Bruckner, Schubert, Brahms and Wagner, the LP boxed set (comprising 14 LPs on 180g vinyl) presents the principal works of the CD boxed set.
The majority of the concerts given by Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic between 1947 and 1954 were recorded by the RIAS Berlin. The original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available for the first time for this edition so these recordings also offer unsurpassed technical quality.
These RIAS recordings are documents of historical value: they contain a major part of Furtwängler's late oeuvre as a conductor, which was characterised by a high level of focus in different respects. Focus on repertoire which has at its core the symphonic works of Beethoven, Brahms and Bruckner (CD & LP box) and is supplemented by works by Bach and Handel and also by topical composers of the time, including Hindemith, Blacher and Fortner (CD box only): artists who were counted amongst the members of "moderate modernism" and who were not perceived to have been tainted by the cultural politics of the National Socialists.
Focus was also a guiding principle in Furtwängler's concert programmes which always feature a particular idea. His interpretations also demonstrate extremely high levels of focus: concentration and focus for him meant a contemporary decoding, a re-creation, which would express the fundamental content of a work.
A number of works - the Third, Fifth and Sixth Symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven as well as Johannes Brahms' Third Symphony - are included in two interpretations. They reveal how Furtwängler was able to accentuate different aspects of a work whilst maintaining the same, clear basic conception - and how the actual interpretation depended on the context of the particular programme.
The production is part of our series „Legendary Recordings"and bears the quality feature "1st Master Release". This term stands for the excellent quality of archival productions at audite. For all historical publications at audite are based, without exception, on the original tapes from broadcasting archives. In general these are the original analogue tapes, which attain an astonishingly high quality, even measured by today's standards, with their tape speed of up to 76 cm/sec. The remastering - professionally competent and sensitively applied - also uncovers previously hidden details of the interpretations. Thus, a sound of superior quality results. CD publications based on private recordings from broadcasts or old shellac records cannot be compared with these.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastorale' (42:24)
A1 Erwachen Heiterer Gefühle Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 11:05
A2 Szene Am Bach. Andante Molto Mosso 12:59
B1 Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute. Allegro 5:33
B2 Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro 4:05
B3 Hirtengesang. Frohe Und Dankbare Gefühle Nach Dem Sturm. Allegretto 8:42
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 (32:38)
C1 Allegro Con Brio 8:14
C2 Andante Con Moto 10:36
D1 Allegro 5:48
D2 Allegro 8:00
Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastorale' (44:37)
E1 Erwachen Heiterer Gefühle Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 11:45
E2 Szene Am Bach. Andante Molto Mosso 13:45
F1 Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute. Allegro 5:59
F2 Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro 4:09
F3 Hirtengesang. Frohe Und Dankbare Gefühle Nach Dem Sturm. Allegretto 8:59
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 (34:35)
G1 Allegro Con Brio 8:24
G2 Andante Con Moto 11:08
H1 Allegro 6:11
H2 Allegro 8:52
Symphony No. 3 In E-flat, Op. 55 'Eroica' (52:26)
I Allegro Con Brio 15:58
J Marcia Funebre. Adagio Assai 17:33
K1 Scherzo. Allegro Vivace 6:16
K2 Finale. Allegro Molto 12:09
Symphony No. 3 In E-flat, Op. 55 'Eroica' (55:06)
L Allegro Con Brio 16:37
M Marcia Funebre. Adagio Assai 18:55
N1 Scherzo. Allegro Vivace 6:37
N2 Finale. Allegro Molto 12:57
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 In C Minor (2nd Version 1890 Edition Robert Haas) (76:04)
O Allegro Moderato 15:30
P Scherzo. Allegro Moderato. Trio. Langsam 13:42
Q Adagio. Feierlich Langsam; Doch Nicht Schleppend 24:55
R Finale. Feierlich, Nicht Schnell 21:55
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 In B Minor, D. 759 'Unfinished' (23:17)
S1 Allegro Moderato 11:40
S2 Andante Con Moto 11:37
Symphony No. 9 In C Major, D. 944 'The Great' (52:30)
T Andante - Allegro Ma Non Troppo 14:16
U Andante Con Moto 17:04
V1 Scherzo. Allegro Vivace - Trio 9:57
V2 Finale. Allegro Vivace 11:13
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98 (41:24)
W1 Allegro Non Troppo 12:46
W2 Andante Moderato 12:23
X1 Allegro Giocoso - Poco Meno Presto 6:28
X2 Allegro Energico E Passionato - Più Allegro 9:47
Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90 (38:44)
Y1 Allegro Con Brio 13:16
Y2 Andante 9:43
Y3 Poco Allegretto 6:23
Z1 Allegro 9:22
Variations On A Theme By Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a (20:22)
Z2 Chorale St. Antoni. Andante 2:08
Z3 Var. I 1:20
Z4 Var. II 1:05
Z5 Var. III 2:06
Z6 Var. IV 2:59
Z7 Var. V 0:57
Z8 Var. VI 1:25
Z9 Var. VII 3:30
Z10 Var. VIII 1:06
Z11 Finale. Andante 3:46
Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90 (37:04)
AA1 Allegro Con Brio 10:49
AA2 Andante 9:55
AA3 Poco Allegretto 6:40
AB1 Allegro 9:40
Richard Wagner
Tristan Und Isolde (17:44)
AB2 Prelude 11:01
AB3 Isoldes Liebestod 6:43
VINYL LP BOX SET
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